Difficulty of words and their ambiguity estimated from the result of word sense disambiguation

Takahiko Suzuki, Koki Miyata, Sachio Hirokawa

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    Abstract

    When learning a new word in language learning, there are two problems. One is how difficult the word itself is. The second is, in what kind of situation, it will be used. There is a research that defined quantitative ambiguity of words based on the structure of WordNet, then investigated the relationship between the ambiguity and the difficulty level of words. In this paper, we re-define ambiguity of word occurrences in text by using the result of word sense disambiguation technique. We analyze the relationship between the ambiguity of words and their difficulty level. We compare the result with those in the previous research. Utilizing knowledge and training data affect the relationship between the difficulty and ambiguity of words.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings - 11th 2016 International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems, KICSS 2016
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
    ISBN (Electronic)9781509051304
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jun 16 2017
    Event11th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems, KICSS 2016 - Yogyakarta, Indonesia
    Duration: Nov 10 2016Nov 11 2016

    Publication series

    NameProceedings - 11th 2016 International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems, KICSS 2016

    Other

    Other11th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems, KICSS 2016
    Country/TerritoryIndonesia
    CityYogyakarta
    Period11/10/1611/11/16

    All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

    • Information Systems
    • Information Systems and Management

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